Me, me, me. It’ all still about me… So I spent my older childhood, supremely confident in my views, and I was constantly surrounded by people who held what I considered to be completely irrational views on the nature of the world around us. I’m not just talking about stupid people, either. I’m talking about [...]
My auto-biographical ramblings continue… (Part II is here.) That moment at my great-aunt and uncle’s home was my awakening. After that, I began to see the absurdity all around me. One of my best friend’s mom was completely over-the-top. To be fair to her, she had suffered from cancer at a young age and, in [...]
This continues my gripping (ahem) auto-biographical musings. For Part I, see here. As I mentioned, my father says he made a conscious effort to avoid influencing my opinion on the existing or non-existence of god. He was shocked to learn that he had influenced me significantly. He influenced me in many ways. Not the least [...]
In an effort to explain my views, I’ll make a few posts that are auto-biographical in nature. I’ve done this largely as an exercise for myself to try to see where my attitudes have been influenced not necessarily by reason, but by environment. I was raised in a middle-class home in Tucson, Arizona, and after [...]
This is my fight against the Darkness. (Can I trademark “The Darkness”?) It’s been a fight I’ve been fighting more or less my entire life. This is just my latest battlefront – and, honestly, I can’t believe this domain name was open! What is this “darkness” of which I speak? Psuedoscience, superstition, quackery, crackpot conspiracies [...]